Babita Deokaran tried to stop R100m in dodgy payments and flagged nearly R850m in other suspicious transactions at the Gauteng Department of Health just days before she was killed - confiding in colleagues that her investigation could result in her death.
"...I am just worried that the guys in Tembisa are going to realise we are not releasing their payments and know that we on to something.
Our lives could be in danger," Deokaran said in a WhatsApp message to her boss. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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